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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jack feel about television?
(a) He could take it or leave it.
(b) He never turns it off.
(c) He loves it.
(d) It is an annoyance.

2. What does Mat do in his backyard on the night after Jack's service?
(a) Contemplates Jack in silence.
(b) Prepares his own funeral service.
(c) Cries.
(d) Builds another barn.

3. Who comes to pay their respects as Jack lies in the coffin?
(a) Just friends from town.
(b) Glad, Clara, and people from town.
(c) Clara and Margaret.
(d) Only Glad and Clara.

4. What became obvious to Jack regarding his relationship with Clara after Ruth's death?
(a) Clara loved Jack more than Jack loved Clara.
(b) They wouldn't be able to continue a relationship.
(c) The lack of a relationship became evident.
(d) Jack loved her more than ever before.

5. How did Jack's feelings toward Rose change after the accident?
(a) He felt it was time to become her friend instead of just doing business with her.
(b) He felt like they could be friends even though he was still married.
(c) He felt it was time to stop gossiping about her.
(d) He decided to stop silencing his urges toward her.

6. What is Andy's girlfriend enamored by?
(a) Farming life.
(b) Urban, upper class life.
(c) Becoming a business owner.
(d) Andy's superior education.

7. What does Jack's lawyer inform Jack's tenant when he arrives on the farm?
(a) That the farm is going to be given to Mat.
(b) That the farm is going to Clara.
(c) That the farm land is going to be donated to a developer in town.
(d) That Jack wanted the tenant to buy the farm at half price after his death.

8. As Andy gets ready to leave, what does Margaret Feltner say to him?
(a) She tells him not to forget what he has learned in Port William.
(b) She tells him to forget everthing he has learned in Port William and to start over.
(c) Find a good wife.
(d) Study hard.

9. When does the accident occur that changes Jack's feelings about Rose?
(a) During a tornado.
(b) During a snowstorm.
(c) During a flood.
(d) During a hurricane.

10. Who is Clara?
(a) Jack's daughter.
(b) Ben's wife.
(c) Jack's sister.
(d) Mat's sister.

11. In the Epilogue, in what month do the people gather on Jack's farm?
(a) June.
(b) February.
(c) December.
(d) November.

12. What is the name of the tenant on Jack's farm?
(a) Parker.
(b) Elton.
(c) William.
(d) Andy.

13. Who are the people who gather on Jack's farm in the Epilogue?
(a) Only women from town.
(b) The men of Port William.
(c) Only family members.
(d) Men and women from town.

14. As Andy goes to say good-bye to Old Jack, in what state does Andy find Jack?
(a) On the floor, crying.
(b) Clutching his chest.
(c) Laughing hysterically at a memory.
(d) As usual, lost in thought.

15. What was Glad Pettit's occupation?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Banker.
(d) Peddler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jack's lawyer's name?

2. What is Mat's wife always working on?

3. What is Andy's girlfriend's name?

4. Who annoys Mat on the day of the funeral service?

5. How does Jack remember the years following Rose's absence?

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